Arabic-L:PEDA:Assessment of Learning Objectives

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1) Subject:Assessment of Learning Objectives

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Date: 04 Apr 2013
From:Sohaib Sandhu <sohaibsandhu at hotmail.com>
Subject:Assessment of Learning Objectives

Hi Meriem,
There are quite a few points in your original question:
1) I would like to know how you assess the extent to which each
studentreaches the Intended Learning Objectives of each of your courses.
My question in return would be which skill or aspects of knowledge are you
referring to?
I'll assume you are talking about the language skills, e.g. reading,
writing, listening and speaking.
The next level below is the detail (or learning objective).
If you want to monitor, assess, or have the students self-assess the
learning objectives, you need some basis. Let's call it a Framework or set
of rating scales.
A useful tool worth looking at may be the Common European Framework (CEFR).
My understanding is that it has been used for Arabic language assessment.
I found a few useful links which may be worth looking into:
http://www.fhss.uaeu.ac.ae/linguistics/docs/Mari_Mar_CEFR.pdf
http://www.live-language.com/Arabic/common-european-framework-of-levels.htmlMost
of
us if not all use different methods to assess their students:quizzes,
homework, presentations, exams, essays, etc etc. but how do weknow whether
or not each individual student has reached the objectives wehave stated in
the syllabi or not?
The way you can help yourself ascertain whether an objective has been
reached, is to create descriptors or narratives linked to the objective.
You also need a test that is linked to the objective. Identify what you
want to test, then create a way of testing/assessing for this. You can then
ascertain how close or far the student is from the objective you were
testing for.
 How can assessing ILO's be done?
I've partly answered this above.
Before you create a test, or wish to assess a student, ask yourself what
objective you are testing. Then decide on a task that tests that objective.
You then need to decide on descriptors which describe how well someone has
done.
A common measure of language ability:
The CEFR could potentially be used to compare Arabic courses across the
world. It's worth taking a closer look at, as work has already been carried
out on this.
The CEFR has already been adapted to assess Arabic. I would suggest you get
your university to invite the CEFR people to come and give you a workshop.
In fact it could benefit the whole Arabic teaching, learning and assessment
community.
Here's a link you through which you could possibly get some help and
contacts:
http://www.eaquals.org/cefr/
Hope this helps
best regards,
Sohaib
Sohaib Sandhu (London/Madinah)Affiliation: University of BristolEFL
Lecturer and Assessment SpecialistLanguage Proficiency ExaminerTaibah
UniversityMadinahSaudi ArabiaMobile: 050 497 2035www.sohaibsandhu.com

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